Ink Cartridges

[Petal~flower]

If your printer has a colour and a black and white cartridge.

Can you just replace the black and white one. Or do you have to do both?

Only need it for letter writing (b&w only)

[sleepyj]

use a pen lol hi petal

[Petal~flower]

they would never read my scrawl sleepyj ..:-)

[Mortartube]

If both cartridges are empty, then my printer needs both to be replaced, as once you replace them the printer does what's called "ink charging" where it drags ink from the new cartridges into the print head. My printer (Epson) will not allow ink charging to take place unless there is ink in both the colour and B&W cartridge.

[Postdog]

With every printer I've had, and I have had a few, you just replace as needed. I have got thru twice as many blacks to colour.

[Petal~flower]

thanks Mortartube. yes both cartridges are empty. I thought just getting the b&w would do the trick. Damm

[Petal~flower]

Postdog, I am sure I just replaced the b&w before. its a Lexmark printer btw.

maybe I have installed the cartridge wrongly. though cant see how I could of.

[vehelpfulguy]

>black and white cartridge.

Sorry to be pedantic, but surely it is not BLACK AND WHITE cartridge.

After all it does not have white ink in it does it.

Surely it is just a black cartridge.

[Petal~flower]

OK, black cartridge then!

[Thunderchild]

most printer drivers allow you to select " use only black ink" so it will ignore the colour ones

[Petal~flower]

all your tips taken on board.

Got it working!!

Thanks all :-)